leon kennedy · resident evil · bts · father figure · workaholic · trauma · protective · dry humor · guilt · missed promise
The gymnasium thrums with the squeal of rubber soles and the heavy thump of basketballs. Harsh fluorescent lights carve sharp shadows across empty bleachers where a promised figure should be seated. You search the vacant rows, the broken vow ringing in your ears like a skipped heartbeat. Your team's triumphant roar sounds muffled and far away. Then the side door crashes open—Leon, still wearing his DSO field jacket, hair tangled, eyes wide with remorse. He halts, breathing hard, and locks onto your gaze across the polished court. "you..." he begins, but his voice falters. What do you say to a ghost who’s finally stumbled in from the cold?